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Going to University. The Influence of Higher Education on the Lives of Young South Africans : The Influence of Higher Education on the Lives of Young South Africans / / Jennifer M. Case, Delia Marshall, Sioux McKenna and Disaapele Mogashana
| Going to University. The Influence of Higher Education on the Lives of Young South Africans : The Influence of Higher Education on the Lives of Young South Africans / / Jennifer M. Case, Delia Marshall, Sioux McKenna and Disaapele Mogashana |
| Autore | Case Jennifer M. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, Maryland : , : Project Muse, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (178 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 378.59 |
| Collana | African higher education dynamics series |
| Soggetto topico |
College students - South Africa
Education, Higher - South Africa Education, Higher - Aims and objectives - South Africa Education, Higher - Economic aspects - South Africa Education, Higher - Social aspects - South Africa |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
9781928331704
192833170X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Contextualising higher education -- 2. Navigating the undergraduate curriculum -- 3. Deliberations and decisions on study plans -- 4. The broader student experience -- 5. Non-completion of the first degree choice -- 6. Doing postgraduate studies -- 7. Entry to the workplace -- 8. The purposes of higher education. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910258744903321 |
Case Jennifer M.
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| Baltimore, Maryland : , : Project Muse, , 2018 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Understanding Higher Education : Alternative Perspectives / / Chrissie Boughey, Sioux McKenna
| Understanding Higher Education : Alternative Perspectives / / Chrissie Boughey, Sioux McKenna |
| Autore | Boughey Chrissie |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cape Town, South Africa : , : African Minds, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (141 pages) |
| Disciplina | 378 |
| Soggetto topico | Education, Higher |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Understanding Higher Education |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910504298403321 |
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Boughey Chrissie
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| Cape Town, South Africa : , : African Minds, , 2021 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Understanding Higher Education : Alternative Perspectives
| Understanding Higher Education : Alternative Perspectives |
| Autore | Bowie Chrissie |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : , : African Minds, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (182 pages) |
| Disciplina | 378 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | McKennaSioux |
| Soggetto topico | Education, Higher |
| ISBN |
9781928502227
1928502229 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Title page -- About the book -- Acknowledgements -- Copyright page -- Contents -- 1. Taking stock -- Global change and higher education -- The challenge for the Global South -- Why look at South Africa? -- What does this book aim to do? -- 2. Making sense of experiences and observations -- Doing research on teaching and learning -- The nature of reality -- Archer's Social Realism -- Archer's morphogenetic framework -- 3. Dominant discourses, policy challenges -- The global and the local -- The macro level -- The meso and micro levels -- Policy after apartheid -- Curriculum and the global economy -- Quality assurance -- Funding higher education -- Reorganising the system -- The Higher Education Qualifications Sub-Framework -- Conclusion -- 4. Denying context, misunderstanding students -- The power of the words we use -- Students as decontextualised individuals -- The misappropriation of theories on teaching and learning -- The 'language problem' and how it lets universities off the hook -- Reading and writing as ideological acts -- Fixing the problem of academic literacy -- Disadvantage as an explanation for failure -- The university as a neutral space -- Students as clients -- Students as social beings, the university as a social space -- Foregrounding students' epistemological access -- Conclusion -- 5. Reconceptualising curriculum, structuring access -- What is curriculum? -- The curriculum is conditioned by the structure of knowledge -- The curriculum provides access to powerful knowledge -- The curriculum is conditioned by social context -- The curriculum is conditioned by institutional histories -- Historical differentiation by race -- Private higher education -- The focus on programmes and modules -- Extended curricula -- Academic advising -- Conclusion -- 6. Resisting and complying. Academics responding to change.
Academics and agency -- The conditioning role of the discipline in academics' identity formation -- The history of the system and the conditioning of individuals -- New Public Management and managerialism -- Staffing in a global structure -- The emergence of compliance -- Ever-increasing demands on academic life -- Staff demographics -- Concluding thoughts -- 7. Evaluating change, looking forward -- Introduction -- The landscape at T4 -- A differentiated and developmental system -- A Covid Postscript -- References -- Back cover. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Understanding Higher Education |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910552759603321 |
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Bowie Chrissie
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| Oxford : , : African Minds, , 2021 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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